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While Daria McQueen mourns, the legends of fairy tales fight to contain the incursions of the new demon hybrid contagion that Styche the Trickster has unleashed upon the world. An enraged and seemingly unstoppable demon appears, and it seems just as powerful as Styche. It directs its boundless rage at anything that moves, friend or foe. They learn that the beast can only be controlled by a young woman who has an uncanny ability to soothe the savage beast.

In the woods, fear meets the unexplained. Things in the Woods is a chilling anthology curated by Erik Lake, a former anthropology professor with a keen interest in the paranormal and unexplained. This collection brings together true accounts of unsettling encounters within the enigmatic wilderness—from Bigfoot and Sasquatch sightings to inexplicable lights and haunting apparitions. Blending academic rigor with the allure of campfire tales, the book challenges readers to question the boundaries of scientific understanding and confront the unsettling notion that we are not alone in the ...

Alexander Hudson has been a slave and a Master. He's seen the worst and best of both worlds. As a Master, he knows almost everything about his slave Ryan. Ryan insists that he's all right but Master Alexander knows something is wrong. His slave isn't sleeping well, he's having nightmares and he's following commands that were given to him long ago. Alexander has the ability to help him erase the damage done to him in the past but it comes with a price and Alex isn't sure that he's ready to pay it. When things go awry in the dungeon, Alex has no choice but to see Ryan through this.

Historian Erik Baker argues that the entrepreneurial work ethic has given meaning to work in a world where employment is ever more precarious—and in doing so, has helped legitimize a society of mounting economic insecurity and inequality. Where work is hard to find and older nostrums about diligent effort fall flat, the advice to "make your own job" keeps hope alive.

Angst in the Shadows: A True Story of Alien Abductions by Erik Nanstiel What if the nightmares were real? For decades, Erik Nanstiel lived with the creeping dread that something was happening to him—something hidden just beneath the surface of memory. Strange lights. Missing time. Haunting dreams that felt more like intrusions than imagination. Then came the moment when memory returned. And with it, a terrifying realization: he was part of something much larger—and far more invasive—than he had ever feared. Told with raw honesty and chilling detail, Angst in the Shadows is the true ...

Master writer’s block and spark your creativity with this workbook full of helpful tips and a variety of prompts for writers of all experience levels to create their perfect dystopian story! Write a Dystopian Novel guides writers of all experience levels through the tropes and themes that...

When the Earth is threatened by a slowly expanding sun, mankind embarks upon a mission to send a mammoth Worldship to settle a new planet across the stars. The preternatural races step out of hiding to work with the humans to save what they can from their dying world. With the aid of the Fae, shape shifters, Vampires, and other creatures of supernatural lore, the Worldship, Leviathan, is complete 1000 years later. It quickly becomes apparent that there will not be enough raw materials and supplies to make it to their new home without the sacrifice of thousands.

Catie and Erik’s Infinite Quest is a podcast about ADHD, neurodivergence, and navigating life as a weird little brain in a neurotypical world. Hosted by TikTok creators Cate Osborn (Catieosaurus) and Erik Gude (HeyGude), we talk ADHD, depression, relationships, mental health, and executive dysfunction—with a side of queer joy, video games, and chaos.

Vigilante assassin Silence Jones is accustomed to hunting people who escaped justice. But nothing can prepare him for the depths of deceit he’s about to face. People are being murdered across the United States, and law enforcement is powerless to stop it. The victims’ only connection: they’re all survivors of a military training disaster years earlier.

When a newlywed woman vanishes in an alligator-infested swamp, vigilante assassin Silence Jones knows someone needs to be eliminated - he just can’t determine who that person is. He soon discovers that the missing bride had been investigating a shadowy group, one whose power has gone unchallenged for decades. As Silence scrambles to piece together the fragments of the woman’s unfinished work, he unearths a scheme more twisted than he could have possibly imagined.

“As lively, thorough, and engaging as the team it chronicles” (Nathaniel Friedman), Betaball is a compelling look at how the Golden State Warriors embraced savvy business practices, next generation science, and Silicon Valley’s technocentric culture not only to produce one of the greatest...

From making faster, better decisions to automating rote work to enabling robots to respond to emotions, AI and machine learning are already reshaping business and society. What should you and your company be doing today to ensure that you're poised for success and keeping up with your competitors in the age of AI? Artificial Intelligence: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review brings you today's most essential thinking on AI and explains how to launch the right initiatives at your company to capitalize on the opportunity of the machine intelligence revolution. 

Conversations with productivity experts, authors, and creatives on how to implement productivity strategies in both your professional and personal life. The goal as you listen is to help you gain perspective, practical knowledge, and productivity insights for living a whole life that goes Beyond The To-Do List.

Twenty one years ago, Evander Laun and Natalia Havashire went on the air throughout the world on almost every news channel simultaneously, to reveal to the human race that Elves walked among us. It is the most-watched historical event in modern times.

Almost 3,000 years after an extinction-level event on Earth, mankind seeks to regain its former glory in a new world where magic and technology collide. Laney and Celeste, Templars of Sparo, embark upon a mission of mercy to a far-off land to aid a people thought lost to time before the Altii even found the Lower Ten. The Westlands are found along with a new enemy that Sparo may not be able to stand against: Avalon. Can this new threat be the Great Wizards of the Before Times? New alliances will be forged, and hearts will be held and broken as Laney faces her biggest challenge yet.

Beyond The Path: True Tales of Terror in the Woods is a spine-tingling book series that delves into the darkest and most chilling encounters experienced by those who ventured into the wilderness. From mysterious disappearances and eerie encounters with supernatural entities to unexplained phenomena and uncharted horrors, this series explores the harrowing stories that lie beyond the well-trodden trails. Each volume unearths a different narrative, showcasing the relentless suspense and gripping fear that lurk within the heart of the forest, captivating readers with every turn of the page.

The legends of fairy tales descend upon Issaquah, Washington, from Seattle in response to the report of demon activity. They find themselves under attack by an archer with uncanny aim and unnatural speed and agility. The group’s beta wolf, Amanda Danes, finds herself in pursuit of a legend: Robyn of Locksley, the fabled Robin Hood of Nottingham. Robyn joins forces with the Avatars of the mortal realm to face Styche the Trickster and stop his plan of unleashing Hell on Earth. Victory always has a cost.

2019 Top Shelf Book Awards Suspense First Place Winner Only three children survived the terrors of Oneka Falls, New York, in 1979. Each of them paid a terrible price and had to survive as best they could―wrapped in fantasy, the comfort of amnesia, or the silence of self-imposed isolation...

Anthros Galactica is a science fiction series narrated over multiple episodes. Episode three of the series is called The League of Psions. The series is a Space Opera about our humanity's long-forgotten past in the Milky Way Galaxy, which arose out of several ancestral humanities that lived among various star systems of the early Milky Way Galaxy. The third episode continues the story of two ancient, long-forgotten humanities, the Orion Empire in the constellation of Orion and the Omicron Order in the constellation of Scorpius.

An intellectual biography of one of the most celebrated and yet least understood figures of the late twentieth century, Terence McKenna. A stand-up philosopher who made a unique contribution to science, humanism, and the hidden arts, Terence McKenna (1946–2000) was the twentieth century's...